[Elecraft] Right/Left Handed

[W B Reese]

Well, being a Coastal Station Telegrapher requires writing with your left 
hand while sending with your right.  You work the ship and when the message 
is sent, you must be ready to move on to the next vessel, no do 
"paperwork."  I never made it, but what I did achieve was using my left 
hand to put the message blank in the mill and type the necessary service 
cross onto it.  There were several of us at KPH did it that way.  Of course 
left handed operators had the choice of learning to send with their right 
hand & writing with their left hand, something many if not most did, or the 
other way around.  If you're a lefty, you can wire your paddles backwards 
that is easy.  The other easy "fix" that was often done was to use a right 
handed bug on your left side pointed away from you.  The lefty then reached 
"over" the top of the bug, but of course this meant elevating your arm all 
the time you sent.  It was commonly done however.  Even though Vibroplex 
made a left handed bug, I never saw one in 21 years on the main floor.

Great discussion!

Very 73,

TR
WB6TMY K2 S/N 0838 CFO #1000

At 05:32 PM 4/24/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>I'm sorry to hear about this. I'm sure it's a real headache!
>
>To avoid getting repetitive stress syndrome, I've had to learn to use *both*
>hands with the computer mouse. I switch sides 2 or 3 times a day....
>
>73,
>Wayne
>N6KR

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